ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Submersible Robot Orpheus That Helped NASA Perseverance Rover to Undertake Deep Ocean Exploration

TECH & INNOVATION 05.17.2021 01:32 AM

Orpheus, the submersible robot is showcasing a system that will help it find its way and detect interesting scientific features via deep ocean exploration.

Does Gardening Count as Exercise? Experts Claim It Good for Well Being, Reduce Stress

05.16.2021 23:46 PM

Gardening is often confined to its outputs, such as plants and trees without considering how growing them will improve people's health. Is gardening considered exercise?

Einstein’s 72-Year-Old Letter Containing New Physics About Animal Senses

05.16.2021 21:38 PM

In a letter written by Nobel prize-winning physicist, Albert Einstein considered if new physics understandings could result from examining how animals are sensing the world surrounding them

Virus-Resistant Tomatoes: TomaTech Cracks Code Against ToBRFV

05.16.2021 20:08 PM

In a major breakthrough, tomato seed company TomaTech has cracked the code that could lead to tomatoes becoming resistant against the ToBRFV.

Massive Egg With Another Egg Inside Drives TikTok Users Crazy! Is This Real?

05.16.2021 12:23 PM

This is not like your kid's favorite Kinder Joy Surprise Egg because there isn't a chocolate and a toy inside the egg. Instead, there's a bigger surprise waiting to be discovered.

WELTEC BIOPOWER RNG to Cut Down Carbon Emissions of Spanish Dairy Cattle Farm

05.16.2021 10:45 AM

German energy specialist WELTEC BIOPOWER will be cutting down the carbon emissions of a dairy cattle farm in Spain with its new biomethane plant.

Neanderthals vs Homo Sapiens: How Creativity Determined Extinction and Survival

05.16.2021 03:13 AM

One of the greatest mysteries of evolution is the extinction of Neanderthals: once among the apex predators of their time, ruling the Earth for some 300,000 years then suddenly dying out - and a new study suggests it might have something to do with creativity.

Can Genes Predict Which Animals Will Survive and Adapt to Climate Change?

05.15.2021 05:00 AM

Researchers from the McGill University used genome sequencing to understand natural selection in real-time. Discovering that some fish like the threespine stickleback is resilient and rapidly adapts to environmental stressors can help scientists predict which animals will adapt to climate change.

Coelacanths: Four-Legged "Living Fossil" Fish Found in Madagascar

05.15.2021 04:00 AM

South African shark hunters unexpectedly found coelacanths, a species of fish that predates the dinosaurs roughly 420 million years ago using gillnets off the coast of Madagascar.

Mammals Breathe Through Intestines to Recover From Respiratory Distress; Can Humans Do The Same?

05.14.2021 22:02 PM

Rats, mice, pigs, and other mammals can breathe using their intestines by pumping air up their butts. Can humans do this as well? Some scientists believe it could be an alternative treatment for COVID-19 patients.

Songbird Neurons Reveals Building Block for Advance Cognition in Birds and Mammals

05.14.2021 21:44 PM

Neuroscientists examined neurons in a songbird's forebrain and discovered a remarkable landscape of physiology, auditory coding, and network roles that explains how birds and mammals behave.

Rare Giant Squid's Hunting Behavior Caught in Camera for the First Time, 2,500 Feet Under the Sea

05.14.2021 05:50 AM

For the first time, researchers were able to film how the rare, elusive giant squid hunts its prey 2,500 feet below the surface by using a jellyfish-like decoy emulating the glow of a jellyfish that has been proven to be irresistible to the giant cephalopods.

Elon Musk Reiterates Call on Carbon Tax; Here’s What It Means

05.14.2021 05:37 AM

In a podcast hosted by Joe Rogan, Elon Musk strongly recommended that carbon tax is the solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Brown Bears More Successful In Mating When They Rub Their Backs on More Trees

05.14.2021 00:59 AM

A study reveals that brown bears who rub up against more trees have more cubs and partners. The behavior is linked to being more attractive to the opposite sex.

Female Elephant Seal Spends 80% of Their Day Foraging Small Fish in Deep Seas

05.13.2021 21:57 PM

Researchers attached a camera and sensors to the body of an adult female elephant seal and found that they spend approximately 80% of their day foraging for small fish in deep seas and only sleeping for one hour a day.

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